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complies
verb as in abide by, follow agreement or instructions
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Peters again complies, stepping aside and raising both hands.
FBI spokesman Paul Bresson said that the bureau fully complies with U.S. policy as it relates to ransom payments.
She has simply stood and watched, and once instructed to enter the boat, she complies.
Irritably, he complies, but when the stewardess moves on, he reclines the chair again, muttering balefully under his breath.
When a country goes to war, the population is expected to unify, and usually largely complies.
If the venerable elder brother charitably complies, the matter ends with: "Thanks, brother!"
Beethoven complies with the request by sending him a canon written while taking a walk on May 11.
Thus they commonly affect no man any further than he deserts his reason, or complies with their aberrancies.
In case a State complies with these requirements, no blame falls upon it on account of such injurious acts.
The angel kindly complies in the seventh book, which is merely an amplification of the first chapter of Genesis.
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On this page you'll find 62 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to complies, such as: satisfy, quit, obey, acquiesce, submit, and observe.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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